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Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of...

Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of...

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Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

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Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Parasitology, 2008-02, Vol.135 (2), p.203-215

Language

English

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Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Given the worldwide decline of amphibian populations due to emerging infectious diseases, it is imperative that we identify and address the causative agents. Many of the pathogens recently implicated in amphibian mortality and morbidity have been fungal or members of a poorly understood group of fungus-like protists, the mesomycetozoans. One mesomy...

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Full title

Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70236236

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70236236

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ISSN

0031-1820

E-ISSN

1469-8161

DOI

10.1017/S0031182007003708

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